Watts, Los Angeles

E304196

district neighborhood urban neighborhood

Watts is a historically significant neighborhood in South Los Angeles known for its African American cultural heritage, the Watts Towers art landmark, and the 1965 Watts riots.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Watts, Los Angeles canonical	11
Watts	6
Watts, Los Angeles, California, United States	2
Watts, Los Angeles, California	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	district ⓘ neighborhood ⓘ urban neighborhood ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfAnnexation	1926 ⓘ
hasAreaCode	213 ⓘ 323 ⓘ
hasArtisticMovement	community arts movement ⓘ
hasCulturalEvent	Watts Christmas Parade ⓘ Watts Jazz Festival ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution	Watts Labor Community Action Committee ⓘ
hasDemographicCharacteristic	high population density ⓘ predominantly low-income community ⓘ
hasEducationalAuthority	Los Angeles Unified School District ⓘ
hasEvent	Watts Summer Festival ⓘ Watts riots ⓘ
hasFireService	Los Angeles Fire Department ⓘ
hasHeritage	African American cultural heritage ⓘ
hasLandmark	Imperial Courts housing project ⓘ Jordan Downs housing project ⓘ Nickerson Gardens housing project ⓘ Watts Station ⓘ Watts Towers ⓘ Watts Towers ⓘ surface form: Watts Towers Arts Center
hasPark	Ted Watkins Memorial Park ⓘ Watts Towers ⓘ surface form: Watts Towers Arts Center Park
hasPoliceDivision	Los Angeles Police Department ⓘ surface form: LAPD Southeast Division
hasPublicTransport	LA Metro A Line ⓘ surface form: Metro A Line (Los Angeles Metro Rail)
hasRailStation	103rd Street–Watts Towers station ⓘ surface form: 103rd Street/Watts Towers station
hasZIPCode	90002 ⓘ
historicallyPopulatedBy	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African Americans Hispanic and Latino Americans ⓘ surface form: Latinos Mexican Americans ⓘ
historicalStatus	formerly an independent city ⓘ
knownFor	Watts riots ⓘ surface form: 1965 Watts riots African American culture ⓘ Chicano and Latino culture ⓘ Watts Towers ⓘ
locatedIn	Los Angeles ⓘ South L.A. ⓘ surface form: South Los Angeles
locatedInAdministrativeEntity	Los Angeles County ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
mergedInto	Los Angeles ⓘ surface form: City of Los Angeles
partOf	Los Angeles ⓘ surface form: City of Los Angeles
significantEvent	civil unrest in August 1965 ⓘ
significantEventDate	1965 ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sanford and Son → settingLocation → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ

Blue Line → servesArea → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ

subject surface form: Blue Line (Los Angeles Metro)

this entity surface form: Watts

Rollo Lawson → associatedWith → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ

Lamont Sanford → residence → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ

Bubba Bexley → setInFictionalLocation → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ

Lamont Sanford – Demond Wilson → residence → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ

subject surface form: Lamont Sanford

Grady Wilson – Whitman Mayo → associatedWith → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ

subject surface form: Grady Wilson

Rollo Lawson – Nathaniel Taylor → setting → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ

subject surface form: Rollo Lawson

Los Angeles City Council District 15 → encompasses → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Watts

Zoot Suit Riots → mainLocation → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Watts

Grady Wilson → basedInFictionalLocation → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ

South Los Angeles region → containsNeighborhood → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ

subject surface form: South Los Angeles

this entity surface form: Watts

Jay Rock → placeOfBirth → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Watts, Los Angeles, California, United States

Jay Rock → origin → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Watts, Los Angeles, California, United States

Kerry James Marshall → livedIn → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ

Willowbrook → adjacentTo → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Watts

Willowbrook, California, United States → adjacentTo → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Watts, Los Angeles, California

A Line (Los Angeles Metro) → connects → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Watts

Fred G. Sanford → residence → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ

Fred G. Sanford → businessLocation → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ